New Jersey: A Guide to Its Present and Past

NEW JERSEY : A Guide to Its Present and Past is an attempt to present
not only the background and development of old New Jersey, but also the
rapidly changing scene of the State today. If the book achieves its purpose
it will serve a contemporary need, and in addition it will preserve the flavor
of present-day New Jersey for scholars of the future.

The guide is a cooperative product, the work of field workers and research workers, of writers and editors, and of competent authorities in
every department of New Jersey life. Newspaper files, libraries, and many
other sources have been searched for information; mechanics and farmers,
scholars and policemen, artists and aviators have been interviewed. Most
of the material, however, has been gathered first-hand: every major city
in the State has been studied by reporters, and field workers have traveled
every foot of the main highways from High Point Park to Cape May.
Checking and rechecking of these thousands of items have produced, it is
hoped, a minimum of error. We ask readers who find mistakes to write to
the publisher, so that future editions may be corrected.

In order to keep this one-volume guide within practical book length, it
has been necessary to abridge drastically the voluminous data assembled in
the course of the project. Much of this material, however, will be made
available in detailed studies or in encyclopedic form at a later time.

It would be an endless task to list all the consultants whose aid has
made the book possible. Special thanks are due, however, to Miss Beatrice
Winser for making available the facilities of the Newark Public Library
and for her valuable assistance; and to Dr. Milton R. Konvitz, who acted
as general consultant. Specialists in various fields have contributed materially in the preparation of several of the introductory essays. Professor John E. Bebout of the University of Newark directed the work on the History essay and, in collaboration with Professor Fred Killian, also of
the University of Newark, contributed the section entitled Government. Professor Herbert Woodward of the University of Newark contributed the section on Geology, and together with Dr. Horace G. Richards of the State Museum provided the material on Paleontology. Professor Carl Woodward of Rutgers University wrote most of the essay on

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